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Meaning of prawn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

pɹɔːn

Definitions

A crustacean of the suborder Dendrobranchiata.
countable, uncountable
A crustacean, sometimes confused with shrimp.
Commonwealth, countable, uncountable
Synonym of butterface: A woman with an attractive body but an unattractive face.
Australia, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable
A fool, an idiot.
Australia, countable, slang, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية جَمْبَرِي روبيان قريدس

Беларуская крэветка

বাংলা ইচলা ইচলি ইঁচা চিংড়ি

Bosanski kreveta krevete raka škamp шкамп

Català gamba

Čeština garnát kreveta

Cymraeg corgimwch

Dansk reje

Deutsch Garnele

Ελληνικά γαρίδα

Español camarón gamba langostín langostino

فارسی میگو

Suomi jättikatkarapu katkarapu

Français crevette

Gaeilge cloicheán

Galego gamba

हिन्दी झींगा

Hrvatski kreveta krevete raka škamp шкамп

Magyar garnéla

Bahasa Indonesia udang

Íslenska rækja

Italiano gambero

日本語えび海老蛯蝦

ქართული კრევეტი

ខ្មែរ បង្គា ព្រោន

ಕನ್ನಡ ಸೀಗಡಿ

한국어 새우 징거미

Kurdî rêje

ລາວ ກຸ້ງ

Lietuvių krevetė

മലയാളം ചെമ്മീൻ

Bahasa Melayu udang

မြန်မာဘာသာ ပုစွန် မျှင်

Nederlands garnaal scampi

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଚିଙ୍ଗୁଡ଼ି

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਝੀਂਗਾ

Polski krewetka

Português camarão pitu

Română crevetă

Русский креветка

Slovenčina kreveta

Српски kreveta krevete raka škamp шкамп

Svenska raka

Kiswahili uduvi

தமிழ் இறால்

తెలుగు రొయ్య

ไทย กุ้ง

Tagalog sugpo

Türkçe karides teke

Українська креветка

Tiếng Việt tôm

Examples

“The aphrodisiac nature of prawns is evident in an epigram by the Greek poet Asclepiades.”

“She's a prawn!”

“This is utter dribble. I've not read much worse than this in a long time - and he admits he doesn't know - "or so I am told". Get real, you prawn.”

“He didn't say he was accused of that, prawn.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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